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…toolkit is available to download at: https://dementiaacademy.co/2017/02/13/new-dementia-toolkit-is-an-aladdins-cave-of-information/ The toolkit will be checked annually for updates (or if major changes occur to policy). For more information about the Dementia Academy visit www.dementiaacademy.co…

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…DRI draws together world-leading expertise into a single national institute that conducts research into all aspects of dementia including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, vascular dementia, and Huntington’s disease….

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There has been a great increase in interest in the clinical assessment of dementia and in particular in the early diagnosis of dementia in the last few years. We present…

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…people living with dementia and their carers. NICE Guideline 97. Methods, evidence and recommendations. London: NICE, 2018(https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng97). National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence/Social Care Institute for Excellence. Dementia: supporting…

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…with people with dementia took place online, and that participation of people affected by dementia in the implementation of the dementia strategy worked quite well, via online discussions and video…

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…body dementia Lewy body dementia (LBD) and Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD) together account for up to 15% of all dementias. Recognition and management of these dementias, though, is often suboptimal,…

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…older adults. Nursing Management -2012;18(9):20-5. Carr TJ, Hicks-Moore S, Montgomery P. What’s so big about the ‘little things’: A phenomenological inquiry into the meaning of spiritual care in dementia. Dementia…

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…about dementia perpetuated by mainstream media. This publication seeks to redefine how we understand and engage with the lived dementia experience. King’s words liken Alzheimer’s to “still waters laced with…

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There have been major advances in the characterisation of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) over the past two decades culminating in the development of internationally accepted diagnostic criteria for each of the…

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